Poisonings spark new protests last week – Iranian government assumes attacks were targeted – Parents and relatives outraged and angry – Doctors say gas poisoning
THE mysterious case of mass poisonings in girls’ schools in Iranwhich started in November, numbers 13,000 suspicious cases of female students affected, incl 100 children where are still hospitalized in hospitals, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported today, citing government data.
The poisonings have roiled the country and sparked new protests last week.
The Iranian government speculates that the attacks were targeted almost exclusively at girls’ schools. This mysterious case is causing strong emotion in Iran. Parents and relatives are outraged and angry and accuse the authorities of failing to protect their children.
Doctors are talking about gas poisoning. No deaths have been reported to date.
Iran’s political and intellectual leadership is under enormous pressure after protests erupted in the fall against the government and Islamic system of governance.
Sparked by the death of young Iranian-Kurdish Mahsha Amini while in custody by the morality police, the country plunged into its worst political crisis in decades.
Source :Skai
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